Escrick is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Escrick

There are great places to visit near Escrick including some great waterfalls, ruins, historic monuments, hiking areas, villages, rivers and streams, towns, caves, limestone pavements, geological features, mountains, cities, historic buildings, hills, castles, country parks, parks, gardens and ancient sites.

Escrick has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), Trig Point on Warrendale Knotts, and Old Limekiln at Blua Crags are some of Escrick best ruins to visit near Escrick.

Escrick has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

Hiking Areas to visit near Escrick include Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

The area around Escrick features a number of interesting villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Escrick area like Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

Don't miss Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle's towns if visiting the area around Escrick.

Don't miss Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave's caves if visiting the area around Escrick.

Limestone Pavements to visit near Escrick include Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Escrick has some unmissable geological features nearby like Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

Places near Escrick feature a number of interesting mountains including Ingleborough.

Cities to visit near Escrick include York, and Ripon.

Escrick has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar are great places to visit near Escrick if you like hills.

Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle are some of Escrick best castles to visit near Escrick.

The area around Escrick's best country parks can be found at Brimham Rocks.

Escrick's best nearby parks can be found at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

The area close to Escrick boasts some of the best gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave are some of Escrick best ancient sites to visit near Escrick.

Escrick History

There are some historic monuments around Escrick:

• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit
• World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's Plantation
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 800m south east of Adamson Farm
• St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Moated site and fishpond 140m south of St Helen's Church
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 810m south of Skipwith Church
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 830m south east of Adamson Farm
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• St Mary's Abbey
• Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 690m north west of Horseshoe Pond
• Danes Hills square barrow cemetery, 300m south of Adamson Farm
• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church
• The Abbot's Staithes
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• Danes Hills square barrow cemetery on Crook Moor
• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
• York prebendary manor moated site, 300m north west of Hawthorn Farm
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate